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Every refugee who crosses an international border in search for safety hopes to return home soon. In protracted conflicts, years go by and certain refugee crises receive diminishing media and donor attention.
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Hardship in the Desert: Tens of Thousands Fleeing Fallujah Still Left Stranded
This week, the first Iraqi families returned to their homes after the war-ravaged city of Fallujah was recaptured by Iraqi forces earlier this summer.
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One month after hundreds died in fighting between government and opposition forces that broke out on 8 July, 2016 in Juba, South Sudan, thousands of families continue to shelter in UN displacement sites.
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Mongolia: Helping herder families following the harsh 'Dzud' winter Mongolia witnessed a strong 'Dzud' climatic phenomenon between November 2015 and April 2016.
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Waves of refugees fleeing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) have found shelter in Cameroon. In 2015, total EU humanitarian funds to Cameroon reached €25.2 million, of which €7.9 million went to assist Central African refugees. Through...
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More than thirty years ago, Ethiopia was struck by a severe famine caused by extreme drought, which killed an estimated 1 million people and triggered mass migration. Today, a scarcity of rainfall is hitting the country again. The drought is...
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2016 has been the third year of consecutive drought in Haiti, worsened by the influence of the El Niño weather phenomenon. According to the Haitian National Coordination for Food Security, one third of the population – some 3.6 million people – are...
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A mother feeds her child therapeutic milk to help her recover from undernutrition. In all of Chad, some 177 000 undernourished children are expected to be treated in 2016, according to the latest country-wide nutrition survey. © European Union/ECHO
Over 183 000 children under five have died in Chad in the past five years and more than 40% of these deaths were linked to undernutrition. Malnutrition rates are above emergency threshold in all regions of the Sahelian belt.
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The Lake Chad basin is currently the scenario of one of the most serious and rapidly unfolding humanitarian crisis, affecting four countries. Attacks by insurgent group Boko Haram and military operations in response have forced hundreds of thousands...
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Violence in the Central African Republic has killed and injured thousands of people while displacing hundreds of thousands. As a bordering country, Cameroon is one of the major destinations for refugees seeking security and stability.
